the 2007 North American Rally
Monday 23 July - 4
photos: Dave/Carol Hansman, Julia/Al Schonborn, Bill Harkins, Alan Asselstine, Andy Douma
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Tom and Nel get set for their landfall with ...
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... David and Tony waiting to help. A closer look reveals a genoa with the Wayfarer equivalent of "hat hair" - a sure sign that the genoa has been stored in the furled position for some considerable length of time.
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Our boats may be "low budget" but the view is "world class"!!!   - click here for full-size pic
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If this is not the definition of happiness, it has to be darn close to it.   - click here for full-size pic
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Tony checks that Trouble's painter has not be tampered with by Uncle Al who has ...
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... tied up beside Trouble. Countless times, Al has been snarled at: "Are you looking for trouble??!!" Seems he's found it.
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A lovely, panoramic view to which ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... somebody's little inuksuk adds a nice little touch, and which zooms in to ...
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... this lovely scene across the water.
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As John de Boer put it succinctly for one of his North Bay picture captions: "Girls' talk"
(clockwise from left) Lori, Carol, Nel, Mary A, Mary A, Julia
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Meanwhile, some of the guys are contemplating a swim, which ...
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... is Uncle Al's excuse for standing here looking like this!
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A little on the nippy side, isn't it, guys? Are there sharks?! Finally, someone counted to three and most of us took the ...
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... plunge. Conditioned by decades of capsizes, Uncle Al likes to keep his swims short and is already on his to shore, where ...
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... he assures Bill that it's lovely, very refreshing - which on this hot day, it truly was!!!
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Well supplied, Dick joins ...
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... the lunch table.
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Except for the recently departed Kit and Patsy, I think that this was all of us:
(ladies, l to r) Krystal, Margie, Nel, Mary Abel, Julia, Joan, Carol, Lisa, Lori, Mary Asselstine
(gentlemen, l to r) Alan, Bill, Tony, David Nelson, Josh, Dick with Andy in front of him, Andrew, Tom, Dave Hansman
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And once more, this one with Dave Hansman and Uncle Al trading places   - click here for full-size pic
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A quick post-prandial nap for Lori, while the rest of us start contemplating a timely departure, given that tonight we'll need a little extra time to get washed and otherwise dolled up for the big Wayfarer Black Tie Happy Hour at the Hansmans'.
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Krystal provides a nice telltale-assisted wind direction check.
Not that Bill, Nel and Margie seem to be grasping its earth-shattering significance!!